Example sentences of "though [noun prp] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , while tighter control over operating units and the exclusion of sub-goals may be achieved , it is not self-evident that the M-form organisation will affect pursuit of divergent objectives at the level of top-management , though Williamson does suggest that formalised goal and capital allocation procedures educe ‘ a profit preference at the top as well ’ . |
| 2 | Even with Smith & Nephew moving to oxygen bleaching for Lil-lets , and Tambrand 's denial that they use chlorine bleaching ( though Tampax do contain rayon , produced using chlorine ) , there are still problems with tampons and sanitary towels . |
| 3 | Frenchman Clement Ader 's bird-winged Eole may have been the first aircraft to take off under its own power ( a 20 hp steam engine ) in 1890 , but never really flew , lacking natural stability and any control system — though Ader did invent what is still the French word for an aeroplane : avion . |
| 4 | The view for which Katib Celebi 's list forms the basis thus differs , broadly , in two important respects from the traditional account based on Mustakimzade : first , on the question of the origins of the office , by naming Hizir Bey , in Istanbul , as the first Mufti and by implication denying the Muftiliks of Molla Fenari , Molla Yegan and Fahreddin Acemi ( though d'Ohsson does make some attempt , if an inaccurate and and unpersuasive one , to take account of the tradition of an earlier Muftilik ) ; and second , on the question of how and when Molla Husrev became Mufti , this question involving also the circumstances of the Muftiliks of Abdulkerim and Molla Arab . |
| 5 | So far , most discounters have stuck to selling food , though Aldi does use one-off promotions of clothing to attract customers . |
| 6 | Though Browne did see masturbation as a valid outlet for women , it was only permissible when ‘ normal sexual relations are difficult or impossible ’ . |
| 7 | Though Locke does allow the possibility that matter might think , he tends to the view that we do have immaterial minds ; and for him there certainly is an immaterial God . |
| 8 | Though Locke did go in for some experimental work , his main contribution to the ethos of the Society was to do what Bacon had quite failed to do . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , before you ask me , Master Daunbey , I stayed here , though Southgate did leave to ride the estate . ’ |